Latin American thought
Subtitle: philosophical problems and arguments
By: Susana Nuccetelli
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780813339672; 9780813365534
Subjects: Latin American Philosophy; Philosophie der Befreiung; Kulturelle Identität; Filosofie; Indian philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The Epistemic Practices of Latin American Indians: A Puzzle for Philosophers --; title: Why Should We Care About Native Cultures? --; title: Rational Prediction in the West --; title: Prediction Among the Mayans --; title: The Case of Mayan Astrology --; title: The Case of Mayan Prophecies --; title: What Sort of Rationality Is Mayan Rationality? --; title: An Argument for Strong Rationalism --; title: The Principle of Charity Versus Strong Rationalism --; title: A Further Objection to Strong Rationalism --; title: The Bridgehead View --; title: First Objection to the Bridgehead View --; title: Second Objection to the Bridgehead View --; title: Weak Rationality and Critical Thinking --; title: Could the Mayans Think? And What About Us? --; title: The Weak Rationality Argument --; title: Human Rationality and Animal Rationality --; title: A Metaphorical Interpretation of Mayan Prediction --; title: "True for the Mayans," --; title: Is Rationality Relative? --; title: "True in the Context of Mayan Culture," --; title: Ordinary Thinkers Versus Super Thinkers --; title: Cognitive Pluralism --; title: Super Thinkers Versus Animal Thinkers --; title: Neither Super Thinkers nor Animal Thinkers --; title: Mayan Rationality Reconsidered --; title: Could the Natives of Latin America Think? --; title: Why the Mayans' Massive Error Does Not Amount to Irrationality --; title: Native Folk Cosmologies Versus Western Philosophy and Science --; title: Understanding the Natural World: Latin America and the West --; title: Folk Cosmologies in Latin America --; title: Folk Cosmologies in the West --; title: Questions That Make Little Sense to Ask --; title: Are Folk Cosmologies Philosophy? --; title: Did Ancient Latin American Civilizations Have Any Philosophy? --; title: What Bernardino de Sahagun Saw in the Colonies.